Light danced in Mo Yi’s eyes as she listened to Lu Yun, but she didn’t offer an opinion of her own. Lu Yun relayed all of his speculations to her in an uninterrupted stream.

She quietly digested them, then said heavily, “Your path now has strayed from what Fuxi laid out for you. You are now your own true person, not someone’s puppet or tool.

“You accomplished that from the very beginning, and now you’ve journeyed through thirty-three reincarnations and seen thirty-three endings. You’ve also seen thirty-three failures, which means all of our paths were wrong.

“What you should do now is follow your own path and proceed according to your own thoughts and plans. Don’t be affected by our interference....